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Digital wellness tools to show users how much time they spend on different apps and which ones are responsible for your notifications. It lets you take control of your usage by putting a variety of usage limits in place, or by enabling a wind-down function that gradually turns your screen to black and white, whilst enabling do-not-disturb, to help you sleep more easily (you do need to sign up to a separate beta for this however).

Gesture based controls for handsets without home buttons. You are now able to swipe to switch between apps and access Google Assistant, similar to the functions offered on Apple’s buttonless iPhone X.

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Makers of ‘eligible’ devices running Android One, which include Nokia and HTC, will also be getting Pie by the autumn.

Unless mentioned above, Google's general ambition is to roll out Pie "this year." That’s still pretty vague, but some of the companies using Android have started to drop some clues.

OnePlus 6, 5/5T and 3/3T

An open beta for Android Pie on the OnePlus 6 is now available to download. OnePlus is keen to point out this is still a beta and isn't as stable as the current 'full' version of its Oxygen OS. Here's the changelog for the new release:

Update system to Android 9.0 Pie

Brand new UI for Android P

New Android P gesture navigation

Other new features and system improvements

Supported accent color customization

New Do Not Disturb mode with adjustable settings

New Gaming Mode 3.0

Added text notification mode

Added notification for 3rd party calls

Go to the OnePlus website to read the installation guidelines for the new release.

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A company spokesperson said that the OnePlus5/5T would be next to receive the update, followed by the OnePlus3/3T. The 3/3T update will skip over the previous version of Android, 8.1, in order to do this.

Samsung Galaxy S9, Galaxy Note 9 and other models

Samsung’s devices were not on the beta and there is currently no news about when its top end models such as the Galaxy S9 or Note 9 will receive Pie.

However, Samsung appears to be testing its new devices on the latest version of Android. The S9 has popped up on the testing website GFXBench. First noticed by Galaxy Club, the update indicates that Samsung is running early tests of Pie on its devices. This doesn't mean the full update for users is imminent though. When WIRED contacted Samsung, it did not have any news on its Pie plans.

A leaked update roadmap for Samsung’s devices shows that it will still be working to add the previous version, Oreo onto existing mid and low-end models until March 2019, indicating that users of models such as the Galaxy J7, On5 and On7, C7 and Tab A might be lagging behind for some time.

Motorola G6, G6 Plus and other models

Motorola has confirmed that the following phones will get Android Pie at some point during the autumn of 2018:

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Of these phones, only the X4 and three G6 models are available in the UK.

HTC U11 Life, U12, Desire 12 and other models

As manufacturers of the U11 Life, which runs on Android One, HTC will have a Pie enabled model by the general autumn deadline. Hopefully this means that other models like the U12+, U11+ will get updated shortly afterwards. HTC confirmed these models in a recent tweet, but didn't reveal when the updates would arrive.

We're pleased as pie to confirm updates to Android Pie for the HTC U12+, U11+, U11, and U11 life (Android One). Timeframes for roll-out will be announced in due course.

Huawei P20, P20 Pro, Mate 10 and other models

While not involved in either the beta or the Android One series, Huawei has begun offering Android Pie to select owners. A spokesperson for the company said that in China it had already started offering Pie to some users, but that the number was very limited. The models compatible with Pie in China at the moment are the P20 series and the Mate 10 Pro.

Honor 10 and Honor 10 View

As a sub-brand of Huawei, Honor is already working to bring Pie to its top-spec handsets. A spokesperson said it was currently adapting the Honor 10 and Honor View 10 for Android Pie and that it would be gradually introducing the new operating system to other handsets “according to the progress of the adaptation”.

LG G7 Thinq, V30 and G6

With no phones using Android One, or selected for the beta, LG looks to be at the back of the queue for getting Pie to its users. We will have to wait and see whether the G7 ThinQ, G6, V30 and their siblings will be blessed with the new OS by the end of the year. The firm did not respond to a request for comment.

Sony Xperia XZ2 and other models

Sony's XZ2 was one of the models that Google allowed Android P to be beta tested on before it fully become Android Pie. However, this doesn't mean that the model and Sony's other phones will be getting Pie anytime soon.

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A blog post from the company says its premium models – the Xperia XZ2, XZ2 Premium, XZ2 Compact, Xperia XZ Premium, XZ1 and XZ1 Compact – will get Android Pie from November. For people with the XA2, XA2 Ultra and XA2 Plus there'll be a long wait with the new operating system available from early 2019.

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Nokia

The Nokia 7, produced by HMD Global, was one of the first phones to get Android Pie through the beta program. But this hasn't meant the device has received the full version yet. Juho Sarvikas, HMD's chief product officer, has tweeted that the fourth beta of Pie is now available for the Nokia 7 Plus users. This may be the final beta HMD issues before the full Pie update. "Last chance to help us perfect #Android #Pie before official release," Sarvikas tweeted.